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"The Vampire that Hovers Over North Carolina (Negro Rule)," News and Observer, September 27, 1898
Negro Rule
The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900
The Winston Situation Holton & Co., has a Democratic Registrar arrested by a Federal Deputy Marshal because he will not register negro boys.
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
"These Three Have Met Again," Raleigh News and Observer, May 24, 1900
These Three Have Met Again
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
"Whale Them With Sticks," Raleigh News and Observer, June 27, 1900
"Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." From the incendiary utterance of Butler before the Populist State committee and the threat of assassination voiced by Blackburn at Newton, down to the attempt by Lt. Gov. Reynolds, to scare…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
"Why the Radicals are Mad," Raleigh News and Observer, June 24, 1900
WHY THE RADICALS ARE MAD
Dead Negro
Eighteen Years Old
Imported
Convict
The Members of Their Party That Will Not Be Able to Vote Under the New Election Law.
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
The Proposed Suffrage Amendment: The Platform and Resolutions of the People's Party, April 18, 1900
© This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. THE PROPOSED…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
George H. White, 1852-1918
George H. White (1852-1918) was a Republican Congressman from the Second District of North Carolina and the only African-American Representative in Congress between 1898 and 1901. Before assuming this national office, White served as a State…
Josephus Daniels, 1862-1948
Josephus Daniels (1862-1848) was the influential editor of the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He used his newspaper, which he purchased in 1894, to promote the political agenda of the Democratic…
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
Marion Butler, 1863-1938
Marion Butler (1863-1938) served as the Chairman of the Populist Party in North Carolina during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as a United States Senator from 1895-1901. He helped to negotiate an alliance between the…
Norman Ethre Jennett, 1877-1970
Norman Jennett (1877-1970) was a political cartoonist who worked for the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His cartoons reflected and supported the white supremacist agenda of the Democratic Party,…
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
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North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge in presidential election, November 6, 1860
On November 6, 1860, in the presidential election, North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge (pictured), the southern Democratic nominee,…